Melbourne International Arts Festival - Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne International Arts Festival (MIAF) is one of the most important festivals celebrated in Australia. If your world travel destination is Australia this time then Melbourne International Arts Festival is event where you can get range of theatre, music, dance, arts etc. Many artists from various companies and countries participate here to show their talent in their respective areas.

Melbourne is also considered as the cultural town of Australia. You can see all the colors of Australia flowing in Melbourne. Residents of more than 100 countires living in a place make it more warm, friendly and welcoming for visitors.

Once you get to Melbourne, you can look out for various nearby places for yourself to hang out, shop, dinner and for other cool stuff you plan out. You can get visitors information on MIAF site also. MIAF lasts for 16 days starting from 8th October to 23rd October. This means that there is enough time for you to spend and hang around, even after you watch MIAF.

Melbourne International Arts Festival was started in 1986 as sister festicval of Spoleto Festival, USA. Back then it was called as Spoleto Festival, Melbourne. It was renamed to Melbourne International Festival of the Arts in 1990, and then to Melbourne International Arts Festival in 2003 which is still used since then.

Considering the diversity of arts MIAF offers, Melbourne Festival can give you the best experience of multi-arts, with best possible artists to showcase their talent.

Remember, the 2010 Melbourne International Arts Festival will take place between 8 - 23 October.